SB 1070 — An Act amending the act of November 22, 1978 (P.L.1166, No.274), referred to as the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency Law, providing for County Adult Probation and Parole Advisory Committee, for justice reinvestment grants, phase 2 and for continuing county probation and parole grants; making an appropriation; and making a related repeal.

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15541070 THE2018 GENERALINTRODUCED ASSEMBLYBY OFGREENLEAF, PENNSYLVANIALEACH, SENATEVULAKOVICH, BILLHUGHES, SessionSCHWANK, ofYUDICHAK, No.BROWNE AND MENSCH, MARCH 12, 2018 REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, MARCH 12, 2018 AN ACT Ameentitled "An act establishing the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, providing for its powers and duties establishing several advisory committees within the commission and providing for their powers and duties," providing for County Adult Probation and Parole Advisory Committee, for justice reinvestment grants, phase 2 and for continuing county probation and parole grants;

1070 2018 INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, LEACH, VULAKOVICH, HUGHES, SCHWANK, YUDICHAK, BROWNE AND MENSCH, MARCH 12, 2018 SENATOR GREENLEAF, JUDICIARY, AS AMENDED, MARCH 19, 2018 AN ACT Ameentitled "An act establishing the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, providing for its powers and duties establishing several advisory committees within the commission and providing for their powers and duties," providing for County Adult Probation and Parole Advisory Committee, for justice reinvestment grants, phase 2 and for continuing county probation and parole grants;

(c) Initial appointments to committee.-- (1) As designated by the Chief Justice of Pennsylvania at the time of appointment and until successors are appointed, the following shall apply to appointees initially 20180SB1070PN155420180SB1070PN1525 - 2 - appointed under subsection (b)(8), (9) and (11):

The 20180SB1070PN155420180SB1070PN1525 - 3 - committee shall meet at the call of the committee chair, but not less than four times per year.

(vi) The county's submission of data to the 20180SB1070PN155420180SB1070PN1525 - 4 - Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing, and the commission's certification of the county's compliance with guidelines and the county's current intermediate punishment plan for imposing restrictive conditions.

63 (relating to county probation officers' firearm education and training), appoint a subcommittee with expertise comparable to that of the current membership of the County Probation Officers' Firearm Education and Training Commission and assume responsibility and oversight for the FIREARM education and training of <-- county adult and juvenile probation and parole officers.

20180SB1070PN155420180SB1070PN1525 - 5 - (i) Staff.--Staff support shall be made available to the committee by the executive director in order to adequately perform the duties provided for under this section.

The calculation shall include implementation of short sentence <-- parole under 42 Pa.C.S.

SHALL INCLUDE ALL OF THE <-- FOLLOWING:

(1) IMPLEMENTATION OF SHORT SENTENCE PAROLE UNDER 61 PA.C.S.

§ 6137.5 (RELATING TO SHORT SENTENCE PAROLE);

(2) INCREASED USE OF THE STATE DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAM UNDER 61 PA.C.S.

CH.

41 (RELATING TO STATE DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAM);

OR (3) USE OF SANCTIONS FOR TECHNICAL PAROLE VIOLATIONS UNDER 61 PA.C.S.

§ 6138(C)(8) (RELATING TO VIOLATION OF TERMS OF PAROLE).

20180SB1070PN1554 - 6 - (2) In fiscal year 2019-2020, an amount not to exceed the greater of $3,700,000 or 100% of the amount determined to be savings in the prior fiscal year.

(4) In fiscal years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023, an amount in each year not to exceed the greater of $20,250,000 or 50% of the amount determined to be savings in the prior fiscal 20180SB1070PN1525 - 6 - year.

(a) General rule.--A county that provides adult probation staff shall receive grant funding from the Commonwealth through the commission for costs incurred by the county but only to the extent that the staff and program meet the qualifications and 20180SB1070PN1554 - 7 - standards established by the commission.

(2) For fiscal year 2023-2024, the sum of $35,722,000 20180SB1070PN1525 - 7 - shall be appropriated to the commission for the purpose of formula funding to county probation and parole departments, as advised by the County Adult Probation and Parole Advisory Committee under section 6.1.

(1) The functions, personnel, allocations, appropriations, equipment, supplies, records, contracts, 20180SB1070PN1554 - 8 - rights and obligations of the County Probation Officers' Firearm Education and Training Commission are transferred to the County Adult Probation and Parole Advisory Committee.

20180SB1070PN1525 - 8 - (i) Civil Service classification.

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